Riding the Bus!

Well, it is official. Our Kalleigh Joyce has survived her first bus experience! As I put our "little 5 year old" on the bus for her first ride to Ruthton for Learning Readiness... I was filled with a mixture of emotions. Excitement for her, worry for her (mostly me), and trust that she would end up in the right room! Will her lunch money be taken out of her backpack??...(which has since been taken back to Target becasue it was a piece of JuNk!) Will she remember to take her sharing item out of her backpack?? Putting your trust in others, when your children are involved is very hard... Her teacher is wonderful... Due to the fact she has a summer birthday, we made the grueling decision to NOT send her to kindergarten as a young 5 year old. Hoping that when she turns 18 she will thank us...Instead of being one of the youngest in her class, she will be one of the oldest. Hopefully making her one of the wisest! Working with high school students, I have watched too many young students struggle through school.
Hopefully by holding her back, we are helping her in the long run to be successful in school and prepare herself for life beyong the walls of the RTR school system.